Continental will be collaborating with Infineon Technologies AG in the development of server-based vehicle architectures. The goal is an organised electrics/electronics (E/E) architecture with central high-performance computers (HPC) and a few, powerful zone control units (ZCU) instead of up to a hundred or even more individual control units, as it was previously the case. Continental now uses Infineon’s AURIX TC4 microcontroller for its ZCU platform. (more…)
March 21, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Faraday Future Intelligent Electric, Inc., a California-based global shared intelligent electric mobility ecosystem company, has announced it has shipped one of the latest production-intent FF 91 Futurist testing vehicles to China for market testing and validation, including charging and infrastructure compatibility along with other hardware and software applications. The vehicle was completed at FF’s Hanford California manufacturing facility, “FF ieFactory California,” and has already arrived in Shanghai. This shipment validates the Company’s planned promotion of its US-China dual-home market strategy, which calls for production and sales in both the U.S. and China. (more…)
February 16, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Powerfleet, Inc. expands its partnership with Energisa, a fifth electricity distribution group in Brazil. Following its rollout of Powerfleet’s fleet management solution, Energisa will continue improving vehicle fleet operations with Unity, Powerfleet’s fleet intelligence platform. The relationship exemplifies the rapid growth and capabilities of Powerfleet throughout Brazil and the broader South American market. (more…)
Posted by: Shriya Raban
San Rafael, United States – Skyway and Moonware have announced a partnership to accelerate ground infrastructure readiness for advanced aerial mobility. Skyway offers air traffic navigation and vertiport airspace management services while Moonware offers automated aviation ground operations through its AI-powered software and autonomous ground vehicles. (more…)
February 12, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Motional and Lyft is launching a fully driverless ride-hail service in Los Angeles. The service will use Motional’s all-electric IONIQ 5-based robotaxis and the residents in Los Angeles can request an autonomous vehicle (AV) in the Lyft app. (more…)
November 23, 2022
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Gaydon, United Kingdom – Jaguar Land Rover is announcing a global hiring drive to fill more than 800 new digital and engineering vacancies across the UK, Ireland, USA, India, China and Hungary, as it seeks to recruit skilled workers from the digital technology industry.
November 22, 2022
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
The European Union’s (EU) Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) regulation is in effect, and global automakers have chosen the ISA Map from HERE Technologies to comply with the mandate. (more…)
October 25, 2022
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Santa Clara, United States – SiTime Corporation, the precision timing company, introduced an ultra-low-power 32 kHz oscillator family that provides accurate time keeping for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), infotainment, instrument clusters and electronic control units (ECUs). The combination of 4x better stability and up to 20% lower power extends system battery life. (more…)
October 20, 2022
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Motional and Uber Technologies Inc announced a commercial agreement to offer fully driverless rides using Motional’s all-electric IONIQ 5-based robotaxis. (more…)
October 12, 2022
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
The first vehicle made its debut appearance in 1886 and since then the world has developed a love-hate relationship with this form of transport. As of 2022, there are 1.446 billion vehicles globally with 19% of them in the US alone. Considering this immense figure, it is no surprise that it seems almost impossible to escape the pollution, noise and danger that they produce. But when it provides people with efficiency and ease, how do you persuade a change in habit for the greater good? (more…)
September 21, 2022
Posted by: Shriya Raban